Intubation training in the real world: A defence of the Northwick Park drill

Anaesthesia

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 975-978

  Cormack, R S ^a   Lehane, John R ^b  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT SAFETY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 34548654728     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05266.x     Document Type: Editorial

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